St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-16
CAUSED A SCANDAL.
The Conduct of One of Uncle
Sans Army Officers - Army
Notes

The Conduct of One of Uncle
Sans Army Officers - Army
Notes.
The proceedings of the trials by gen.
eral cOurt-martial in the cases of Lieut..
Parker and Capt. Olmstead, Ninth cav
airy, are published. Conduct prejudi-
cial to good order and military discl-
pline were the charges against each
officer, with the additional charge
against Lieut.. Parker of cOntemptuOuS
and diSrespectful conduct towards his
post commander, Maj. James f. ROnd
lett, Ninth cavalry, when reprOved for
wearing on duty coat not uniform.
The specifications to the charge against
Capt. Olmstead allege that he permitted
a sergeant of his troop to convey in the
troop wagon, from place known as the
Hog Ranch," to Fort Du CheSne,
Utah, woman named EdI a, known
public prostitute: that he permitted the
sergeant to live with the woman on the
military reservation, to the scandal and
disgrace of the service, and, having re-
ceived instructions from his post COM
mander to order the sergeant to remove
his quarters, and being asked by the
sergeant for advice, he Capt. OlmStead),
advised the sergeant to marry the woman
and that he permitted the sergeant to
return to her lodgings. The court finds
Lieut.. Parker guilty, and sentences him
to lie reprimanded in general orders by
the department commander and to be
suspended from rank and command and
confined to the limits of his post for the
period of one month. The court acquit-
ted Capt. OlmStead, who is ordered re-
stored to duty. 1t is said that the cause
of this court martial was the rumOr that
was recently widely circulated affecting
the mental condition of Maj. Rondlett.
Gen. Terry has authorized leave of
absence for one month and twenty days
to First Lieut.. Robert +. AmeS, Eighth
infantry, and the following Burroughs
to enlisted men,. First Sergt. Charles
II. Chinn, Company Z, Twenty-fOurth
infantry, four months; First Sergt. Louis
Baumgartner.T Troop a, Seventh cavalry,
six months; Corporal William n. Cap
per, Troop X, Eighth cavalry, four
months; Private Charles Vail, Company
A. Nineteenth infantry, four months;
Private Samuel Irven, Troop E, Ninth
cavalry, four months; Private William
II. Jones, Troop c, Third cavalry, six
months, and Private Michael Nice atfrey,
Troop l, Eighth cavalry, six months.
The superintendent of the general
recruiting service will forward to the
department of the Missouri, thirty re-
cruits for assignment to the Eighteenth
infantry; and to Fort Smelling, thirteen
colOred recruits, for assignment to the
Twenty-ffth infantry.
First Lieut.. John Biddle, corps of en-
gineers. recently relieved as chief en-
gineer officer of the department of Da-
kOta, and ordered to duty at the United
States Military academy, left st. Paul
last evening EN- route to West Point,
\. Y.
Col. Rufus SaXton, assistant quarter
master general, has been ordered to
close his accounts and repair to Wash
ington, d. c.. and await retirement.
First Lieut.. David l.. Craft, Sixth in
fantry. is ordered TO report in person to
Gen. Kruger. at ST. Paul, for examina-
ton with view to his retirement.
The military prison at Fort Leaven-
worth contains 40 cOnvictS, each one of
whom has gone through the crucible of
a general court martial.
Leave of absence for four months is
granted First Lieut.. Stephen O'Connor,
Twenty-third infantry, to take effect
Jan. l, 1888.
Col. George l.. Andrews, Twenty-fifth
infantry, was visitor at department
Headquarters yesterday. The colonel
will soon avail himself of four months
vacation.
Leave or absence for seven days is
granted Capt. Henry p. RitZins, Twen-
ty-fifth infantry. Fort Meade, Oak.